Gripper's Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 25-03-2016
Database entries
OS Map: SX 68650 65503
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV5224
Megalithic Portal: 45822
Alternate name: Gripper's Hill Summit 1
Short Name: RC Grippers 1
Butler map: 57.31.1
Grinsell: DEAN PRIOR 4
Turner: A9
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 11.0 x 0.7
Lidar: SX 68650 65503
Guide Map: 52
Nearest Bus Stop: Buckfast Higher Mill Lane (7.2 km) [Route: 88]
Nearby sites: SX 68650 65503
Notes
"Ring cairn on Gripper's Hill; stone ring 14.0 metres in diameter internally, with bank 1.2 meters wide and 0.3 meters high." NMR AReferences
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)